The ancient civilizations had a tendency of starting along rivers such as the Nile‚ Indus‚ Huang He‚ and the Tigris and Euphrates. I can see the importance of the rivers and why this has been a common factor through history having land bordering rivers. Different outcomes occur along the river such as poverty or riches. There are also a large amount of advantages and disadvantages of living next to a river. An advantage of living by a river would be having an accessible supply of fish near your
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It would flood often‚ but it was predictable. Because of this‚ the Egyptians built their homes where they wouldn’t get destroyed. They would also used irrigation to help their crops when the river would flood. The Mesopotamians had the Tigris and Euphrates river. It would flood Mesopotamia at unpredictable times at least once a year. The floods would destroy many homes and buildings. Another difference between Mesopotamia and Egypt is their outlook on death. The Egyptians spent their whole lifetime
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Since the ancient Mesopotamians and Egyptians weren’t as scientifically advanced as we are in the modern world they put their faith in “higher powers”. The ancient people did have faith and served many gods. I want to show the many differences in the ancient people thoughts on the creation story and the christianity story. Also how there are many similarities in between the stories which are very interesting. I also want to talk about how things that were started in times such as 7000 BCE have migrated
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The Neolithic Revolution was a fundamental change in the way people lived. The shift from hunting & gathering to agriculture led to permanent settlements‚ the establishment of social classes‚ and the eventual rise of civilizations. The Neolithic Revolution is a major turning point in human history. Great Discoveries About 10‚000 BCE‚ humans began to cultivate crops and domesticate certain animals. This was a change from the system of hunting and gathering that had sustained humans from earliest
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conquered the Sumerians. They spoke a Semitic language similar to the modern language of Arabic. He was born as an humble son of a temple priestess of the goddess Innana and‚ according to the Sargon Legend he was set adrift by her in a basket on the Euphrates River where he was found by a man named Akki who was a gardener‚ in the Kingdom of Kish. During his reign he founded one of the first great empires in history. He also was one of the first kings to maintain a permanent army. Sargon led his soldiers
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growing crops. Due to the surrounding desert the people of ancient egypt had to live within fifty miles of the river. The rest of the area was uninhabitable due to no water. The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia formed between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The rivers were again a major part of the civilization due to the water needed for crops. These rivers however were
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The Neolithic Revolution The anthropologists found evidence in which the scholar divided the prehistory in two ares‚ the first one was called the old Stone age or the Paleolithic perio and the Neolithic period in which people made important advances in technology. Early modern humans were nomads and they lived in groups of 20 or 30 people‚ the survived by hunting and gathering‚ generally the men hunt and the woment gathered for fruit‚ grain and seeds. They made tolos from Stone‚bone or wood ‚they
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River civilization is nearly common‚ this is not just restricted to the Nile River in Egypt or the Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia. The way both lived and the way culture was shaped in their civilization were utterly distinct. Egypt is found in the Nile Valley‚ in the Northeastern part of Africa and Mesopotamia was a primitive territory in the Eastern Mediterranean joint in the Northeast through the Zagros Mountains and in the Southeast through the Arabian Plateau‚ equivalents to today’s mainly
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civilization economy. Cities‚ a very important feature of civilization. Civilization literally means "living in a city." It is derived from the Latin word for city‚ civitas. Since Mesopotamia is located in the fertile plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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Hammurabi Was Unfair Hammurabi was the king of Babylon. He started in 1750 BCE-1792 BCE‚ Babylon is in modern day Iraq. In 1750 BCE there were two rivers that went through Babylon‚ the Tigris river and the Euphrates river. Hammurabi was the King of Babylon‚ he was a harsh ruler and that’s why I’m writing about Hammurabi’s Code. He was the first person recorded to make laws and he wrote two hundred and eighty-two laws that were written on a stele which is a big stone. Hammurabi was told by Shamash
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